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Automatic Pix Goes Live, Enabling Recurring Payments in Brazil

Pix, Brazil’s instant payments system, has introduced a recurring payments mechanism, aiming to simplify bill payments for consumers.
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Sweepstakes Ban Under Consideration in New York, Vetoed In Louisiana

As one state legislature looks to reinforce regulatory actions against sweepstakes gaming operations, another has seen the governor veto a legislative ban, calling it unnecessary.
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Pay.UK Sets Out Ideas For Reforming UK’s Payments Infrastructure

Payment system operator Pay.UK has unveiled a package of proposed reforms to the organisational framework for interbank payments, urging “radical” change to prevent the UK falling behind on infrastructure and innovation.
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Presidential Decree Confirms Brazil Betting Tax Hike

A sharp increase in the main tax applied to online betting in Brazil became reality late Wednesday when an emergency decree was published in the Brazilian government’s official gazette.
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MPs Pass Motion To Reverse Dutch Gambling Tax Cut

Scrapping a planned cut to online gambling tax in the Netherlands may be on the cards after MPs backed a motion to keep the levy at 29 percent.
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Gambling

Seventeen Operators Exit Ontario After iGaming Licensing Deadline

With a licensing deadline expiring two days ago, 17 operators that remain unlicensed to do business within Ontario's regulated iGaming market have ceased operations until their applications are completed, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario confirmed on Wednesday.
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Gambling

Industry Needs 'Adult' To Step In, Says Danske Spil Boss

The gambling industry needs tough, clear regulations to keep it in check, as it cannot seem to agree on how to regulate itself, says the CEO of Denmark’s largest operator.
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Gambling

News In Brief: October 31-November 4, 2022

Postcode Lottery breaks ad rules in the Netherlands, Ohio approves new sports-betting licences and Rwanda suspends slots approvals.
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Gambling

Singapore Progresses To Next Stage With Programmed CBDC Project

Project Orchid has provided the Monetary Authority of Singapore with a "sharpened understanding" of central bank digital currency (CBDC) use cases, including adding conditions to what it can be used for, but the regulator still has no plans to issue one.
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Payments

We Appreciate Consumer Duty Will Be Hard, FCA Acknowledges

Senior officials at the UK financial watchdog have defended the controversial new policy as a way to improve competition and support cost of living pressures during an implementation webinar.
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Payments

Hong Kong Launches Next-Gen SME Open Banking Data Platform

The Commercial Data Interchange (CDI), a new financial data-sharing infrastructure, launched last week, marks the next step in Hong Kong’s open banking journey as it targets improved services for small businesses.
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Payments

Australia Imposes Tougher Warnings On Online Wagering Ads

Australia’s federal government has released a series of compulsory, more robustly worded responsible gaming warnings to be rotated across online wagering commercials and promotions in print, broadcast and online media.
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Gambling

Caesars Pulls Las Vegas Casino Sale, Eyes New York License

Even prior to the completion of Eldorado Resorts' $17.3bn acquisition of Caesars Entertainment more than two years ago, executives emphasized they were working on a potential sale of a Las Vegas Strip property to pay down debt, but that plan has now been scrapped.
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Gambling

Swedish Stakeholders Renew Calls For Debt Register, Loan Ban

​​​​​​​There are renewed calls in Swedish local media to protect gamblers by introducing a national debt register and the ability to ban loans to indebted people, but barriers to introducing such a system persist.
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Gambling

Personnel Moves - October 2022

New government ministers in the UK and Sweden, MGM adds digital boss, Aristocrat appoints tribal envoy as non-executive and new lottery chief selected in Brazil.
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Gambling

Turkey To Launch Digital Lira In 2023 Linked To eID

Turkey has announced plans to introduce a central bank digital currency by next year, which will combine with a digital identity system.
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Payments

Malaysia’s New E-Payments Push Targets France-Level Usage

The central bank of Malaysia has launched a new promotional campaign to expand the use of electronic payments in a bid to hit 400 transactions per capita by 2026.
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Payments

Crypto And Gambling Top EU’s AML Risk Assessment

Crypto-assets and gambling are high on the agenda for the EU’s latest supranational risk assessment, which warns beneficial ownership rules are still lagging.
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Payments

Goa IR Precinct Plan Stalled As Delta Talks Up Casino In 2027

The Indian state of Goa is stalling on developing an integrated resort (IR) precinct near a future international airport, leading casino operator Delta Corp to confirm its future IR casino will be electronic and operate in tandem with riverboat casinos.
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Gambling

Gambling Targeted In EU Risk Analysis

Crypto-assets and gambling are high on the agenda for the EU’s latest supranational risk assessment, which warns beneficial ownership rules are still lagging.
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Gambling

Start-Up Exchange Sporttrade Looks To Attract New Type Of U.S. Sports Bettor

Although many have preached the need for differentiation to succeed in the U.S. sports-betting space, Pennsylvania-based start-up Sporttrade is looking to make a dent with a product unlike few in the U.S. to date.
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Gambling

US Inches Closer To Open Banking Rules

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has outlined proposals that enable consumers to share financial data with third parties. Although not explicitly an open banking rule, it will help the US move one step closer to it.
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Payments

FCA Unveils Larger, Leaner Enforcement Arm As Challenges Expand

The chief executive of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has spoken of the agency’s plans to grow in both manpower and legal tenacity to meet future regulatory challenges.
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Payments

Crypto Regs Get Stricter For UK With Latest Amendment

The Financial Conduct Authority would have the power to regulate all crypto-assets under proposals drawn up by the Treasury.
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Payments
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Romanian Gambling Ad Restrictions Incoming But Lawyers Flag Need For Clarity

Romania’s new Audiovisual Code introduces several important changes, clarifications and restrictions; however, questions raised about the definitions, such as sports personality or influencer, have not been “thoroughly defined”, according to legal experts.
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Australia’s Project Acacia Blossoming Into Six-Month Testing Phase

Project Acacia, Australia’s research program into wholesale digital currency, has reached a “significant milestone”, with participants selected to explore innovations in digital money and settlement infrastructure.
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Big Tech Joins Forces With Telcos Under Hong Kong’s Latest Anti-Scam Charter

Financial regulators in Hong Kong have announced the launch of a new anti-scam charter that will see telcos and big tech firms participate for the first time.
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U.S. Senate Fails To Roll Back Change To Gambling Tax Deductions

The effort to reverse one of the tax hikes in President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” came up short in the Senate on Thursday due to opposition from a lone senator who sought to add an exemption of religious colleges from the federal endowment tax.
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Regulatory Influencer: Concurrent Market Liberalisation In The Two Congos

Two of the French-speaking jurisdictions within the Congo Basin, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), have simultaneously embarked upon devising gambling regulation. Following years of relying upon aged legislation, which monopolised the operation of gambling to state-owned entities, the Congolese market is finally liberalising.The bigger picture
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California's Daily Fantasy Sports Opinion: Key Policy Points To Watch

California Attorney General Rob Bonta's opinion last week that deemed daily fantasy sports to be a form of illegal gambling is a new policy wrinkle in a state that has consistently been a flashpoint when it comes to the gaming market.
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French Regulator Reignites Calls For Whistle-to-Whistle Ban and Loss Limits

France’s gambling regulator has once again reiterated calls to introduce a whistle-to-whistle advertising ban, as well as loss limits for players aged 18-25 years old.The president of France’s National Gambling Authority (ANJ), Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, said changes to the country's regulatory framework are “essential” for a sustainable gambling industry model during her closing remarks at a conference addressing gambling addiction on June 27, 2025.
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CFPB Suffers Double Shock As Budget Slashed And Redundancies Ruled Lawful

Opponents of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have experienced twin triumphs, as an injunction halting the agency's restructuring has been lifted and the federal budget bill has almost halved its funding.
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Regulatory Influencer: The Key Updates to the EU’s Payment Services Package

The EU has for some time been working on updating its regulation of the payments sector, planning to issue a revised directive and to introduce a bloc-wide payment services regulation.
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FCA’s £21m Monzo Fine Emphasises That Growth Must Be Responsible

By imposing the fine on the challenger bank, the UK financial services regulator has sent a reminder to disruptors that they must pay attention to their regulatory duties.
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